UNH Roundup: BU edges Wildcat women

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Jan 28, 2013 at 3:15 AM

FROM STAFF REPORTS

BOSTON, Mass. — The University of New Hampshire women’s hockey team fell by a score of 3-2 to fifth-ranked Boston University Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Wildcats to 10-13-2 overall and to 6-6-1 in conference play while the Terriers improve to 17-3-3 overall and to 12-2-1 in Hockey East action.

Shannon Stoneburgh gave the Terriers a 1-0 lead with 6:15 remaining in the first after finding a rebound on the right side of the net and putting it away. Goalie Jenn Gilligan (27 saves) made the initial save, but Stoneburgh found the loose rebound and chipped it in. She was unassisted on the play.

Caroline Broderick was quick to respond for the Wildcats as she leveled the score with her first goal of the season. Jessica Hitchcock started the play when she sent the puck up ice to junior classmate Arielle O’Neill. O’Neill then played the puck to Broderick in front of the goal who found the back of the net for the goal.

The Terriers regained the lead at 17:23 of the period when Shannon Doyle tallied her first goal of the season on a power play. Jill Cardella and Jenelle Kohanchuk tallied assists on the play. Through one period of play, the Terriers held a 2-1 lead. BU also held a 13-5 advantage in shots on goal.

Hitchcock tallied her second point of the afternoon when she tied the game at 2-2 just 4:25 into the second period. Nicole Gifford passed the puck to O’Neill, who was standing parallel to the net on the redline. O’Neill sent the puck into the crease where she found Hitchcock waiting on the back post of the net. The goal was Hitchcock’s eighth of the season.

The Terriers took a 3-2 lead on a power play goal by Isabel Menard at 11:06 of the second period. Kaleigh Fratkin served the puck to Louise Warren who in turn found Menard in between the faceoff circles. Menard was able to put the puck away for the tally. The Wildcats visit Vermont for a pair of games this weekend. Friday’s puck drop is slated for 7 p.m.

Women’s skiing third

CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine —Annika Taylor and Wolfeboro’s Anya Caldwell Bean finished first and second, respectively, in Sunday’s women’s 15K freestyle race to spearhead a team victory, and the UNH ski team finished third overall at the Colby Carnival.

The Wildcat women’s Nordic team has won the first four races of the EISA season, with Taylor’s first career individual victory following on the heels of her second-place finish in Saturday’s 5K classic. The sophomore crossed the finish line in 43 minutes, 57.9 seconds before Bean, the senior co-captain, lunged to the finish line at 44:02.3, just 0.3 seconds ahead of UVM’s Anja Gruber. Elizabeth Izzo finished seventh in 44:38.1, as the ‘Cats totaled 132 points to better the Catamounts (105). Taylor’s win just one week after Izzo captured the championship in the 3K prologue at the St. Lawrence Carnival gave UNH individual victories in back-to-back carnivals. Prior to this stretch, the last time a Wildcat won an EISA Nordic race was Kate Underwood’s 10K free victory at the Williams Carnival in February 2004.

UNH’s Per Lindgren registered the top finish in the men’s 20K free in an 18th-place time of 48:57.4. Johnny Springer took 22nd place in 49:49.5, and Erik Lindgren finished 26th in 50:08.7. The Wildcats finished fifth with 70 points in a race won by the UVM (126).

The Nordic portion of the Vermont Carnival takes place Feb. 2-3 at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt. UNH is in second place with 394 points following the two alpine races, which occurred Jan. 11-12 at Mt. Mansfield. For more information on the UNH skiing team, visit www.unhwildcats.com or www.unhskiing.com.

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